Safety sounding toy pistol



Dec. 6, 1955 L. MARlNl SAFETY SOUNDING TOY PISTOL Filed June 12, 1953 mm MR VA M United States Patent SAFETY SOUNDING' TOY PISTOL Lucio Marini, Leominster, Mass.

Application June 12, 1953, Serial No. 361,387

Claims. (Cl;46-174) This invention relates to a safety toy pistol and more particularly to a toy pistol containing an endless closed track, with means for propelling projectiles along the closed track in a direction to strike a sounding medium as, for instance, a bell, the track continuing from the sounding medium back to the impelling means for safe continued and rapid operation of the toy for repeated striking of the sounding medium by the projectiles.

Another object of the invention resides in the provision of a safety toy pistol or the like including an impelling means, for instance, in the nature of a hammer which is spring-pressed and trigger-operated so as to be released by the trigger to impel a projectile in a closed path and wholly within the toy so that the projectile never leaves the toy but always stays therein and is safely retained in the closed path, said projectiles being impelled by said impelling means to strike a sounding medium, such as a bell, and being returned to original position for continued and rapid safe operation of the toy.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a view in elevation of a toy according to the present invention; 7

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the device of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a front end view of the device, looking in the direction of the arrow 3 in Fig. l; and

Fig. 4 is a section on line 44 of Fig. 2.

The toy forming the present invention may assume many dififerent forms and mechanisms 'but it has been elected to disclose the invention as applied to a revolver. However, it is to be understood that the invention is not limiteo to the revolver shown, but may assume many other shapes and guises.

The present invention provides a handle or grip which may be of any conventional or desired shape or size and this handle may be part of an overall housing or put on separate. This grip contains the trigger, impelling system, hammer, and lifter. This particular mechanism may be made in many diiferent ways and the invention is not limited thereto but by way of illustration there is provided a trigger 12 which may be pivoted on a pin or the like 14 in the housing and depend downwardly from the housing. A trigger guard 16 may be utilized if desired. A hammer or other impelling means is indicated at 18 and this is provided with a relatively elongated nose 26. This hammer may be pivoted on a pin 22 and yieldingly urged forwardly, i. e., to the right in Fig. 2, by means of a main spring 24 secured in any desired manner between the hammer 18 and some means, such as the block 26, which forms a reaction point therefor.

The trigger may be provided with a sear 28 riding in a notch in the hammer at the other side of the pin 22 from the impelling nose 20. When the trigger is pressed, the hammer is turned counter-clockwise by the sear, which ice finally rides therefrom to release the hammer which is then impelled by the spring. in a clockwise direction, so that the nose 20' thereof forcefully penetrates a chamber 30 in a rotating. cylinder 32. Conventional trig er and sear springs may be provided if desired.

The trigger is also provided with a conventional lifter 34, which as is Well known in the art, is offset from the cylinder pin 36 and when the trigger is pressed the lifter rotates the cylinder in steps so that when the hammer is released by the sear, a chamber 30 is directly aligned with the hammer and with the bore 38, which is contained in a housing 40, forming the forward part or barrel of the toy pistol.

The cylinder 32 is providedwith a series of chambers 30. Each such chamber 30 is provided with a light felt washer or the like 42 for holding the projectiles 44 in position but these washers, are not such as to prevent the projectiles from returning along the track 46 from the forward position of the toy weapon, as plainly seen in Fig. 2. Also, a pair of external shields 48 may be provided at each end of the cylinder 32, preventing the projectiles from dropping out as the cylinder 32 is rotated as described.

At the forward end of the barrel there is provided a sounding medium 50 which is preferably in the form of a bell so that when the projectiles strike the same a noise will be emitted by the toy firearm.

It will be seen that each time the trigger is pulled, the cylinder 32 will be indexed the distance between the chambers 30 and with the lifter at the top of its stroke, holding the cylinder with the topmost chamber in alignment with the hammer, the latter will be released by the sear and forcefully impelled forwardly to move the projectile 44 through its chamber and the portion of the track indicated at 38, whereupon said projectile will strike the bell, drop down into portion 46 of the track to be returned by gravity to the lowermost chamber 30, the force of gravity being sufiicient to lodge the projectile in the chamber and past the washer 42 which holds the projectile until it is again fired.

This invention provides a toy firearm making a satisfactory sound for the user but clearly preventing projectiles from being ejected from the gun and the projectiles, once put in the gun, always remain therein. Therefore, the present toy weapon provides all of the mechanical functions of an actual firearm but is completely safe and cannot injure anyone although it provides satisfactory sounds and action as above described.

Having thus described my invention and the advantages thereof, I do not wish to be limited to the details herein disclosed, otherwise than as set forth in the claims, but what I claim is:

1. A toy in the form of a complete, unitary, portable firearm having a trigger and a barrel, a sounding medium in the barrel, means actuated by the trigger to impel a projectile along the barrel to strike the sounding medium, and a continuous closed path from the sounding medium for return of the projectiles to a starting position.

2. A toy in the form of a firearm having a trigger and a barrel, a sounding medium in the barrel, means actuated by the trigger to impel a projectile along the barrel to strike the sounding medium, and a continuous closed path for the projectiles for return thereof from the sounding medium to a starting position, and means to align the projectiles seriatim with the barrel and in spaced relation to the sounding medium.

3. A toy in the form of a firearm having a trigger and a barrel, a sounding medium in the barrel, means actuated by the trigger to impel a projectile along the barrel to strike the sounding medium, and a continuous closed path for the projectiles for return thereof to a starting position and means to align the projectiles seriatim with the barrel and in spaced relation from the sounding medium, in position to be struck by the impelling means.

- 4. A toy in the form of a portable, unitary firearm having a hollow barrel, a trigger, and an impeller, means to actuate the impeller by the trigger, a resilient sounding medium in the barrel, a return track from the sounding medium to the impeller, and a projectile in the toy in position to be impelled along the barrel and then rebounding from the sounding medium passing along the track, the barrel and track being wholly closed against escape of the projectile from the toy, means to hold a plurality of projectiles in position for seriatim propulsion thereof by the impeller, said barrel, track, and sounding medium being located wholly within and as unitary parts of the toy.

5. A toy in the form of a unitary, portable pistol having a hollow barrel, a trigger, and an impeller, means to actuate the impeller by the trigger, a sounding medium in the barrel, a return track from the sounding medium to the impeller, and a projectile in the toy in position to be impelled along the barrel to strike the sounding medium, rebounding therefrom to pass along the track, the barrel and track being wholly closed against escape of the projectile from the toy, and means to hold a plurality of projectiles in position for seriatim propulsion thereof by the impeller, said last-named means including a rotary cylinder, chambers therein for receiving the projectiles from the track, and means to rotate the cylinder to transfer the projectiles one-by-one from the track to the barrel location, the impeller being aligned with the barrel and the cylinder being located between the impeller and barrel.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,454,947 Bechtol May 15, 1923 1,986,000 Langrock Jan. 1, 1935 2,015,293 Shyvers Sept. 24, 1935 2,625,927 Rosenbloom Jan. 20, 1953 

